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Dharma Talks given at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
2022-02-11 Guided Compassion Meditation for All Beings (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 41:10
JD Doyle
Sharing the Buddha's aspiration to teach out of compassion for the world, you are invited to bring that inspiration into your compassion practice. This guided meditation starts with an overview of compassion and then the guided meditation focuses on an easy being and then opens to all beings.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2022-02-11 Guided Mindfulness of Intentions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:00
Tempel Smith
In daily live many of our actions are habitual and unconscious. The Buddha asked us to be increasingly aware of our motivation and intention behind each action so we can better sort out what is wholesome and helpful, and which actions are connected with greed, harm and ignorance. On a silent retreat we have a chance to see the habits we have and how they drive our behavior.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2022-02-11 Guided Mindfulness of Intentions 26:15
Tempel Smith
In daily live many of our actions are habitual and unconscious. The Buddha asked us to be increasingly aware of our motivation and intention behind each action so we can better sort out what is wholesome and helpful, and which actions are connected with greed, harm and ignorance. On a silent retreat we have a chance to see the habits we have and how they drive our behavior.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2022-02-10 Guided Karuna/Compassion Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 42:48
Tempel Smith
Every being experiences loss, pain and fear, and often feels the additional suffering of isolation. Our process of waking up gives us increasing awareness of our own vulnerability and that of others. Practicing compassion strengthens our hearts to stay conscious and even move lovingly towards ourselves and others when we are in pain.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2022-02-10 Asset Framing and the Patterns of the Mind 20:20
Grace Fisher
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Thursday Morning Women’s Group

2022-02-09 Curiosity and Anatta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:29
JD Doyle
Exploring Anatta, with an invitation to curiosity and intimacy with the not knowing, beyond the conceptual mind of the constructs of the self. As we investigate the constructions of self, we begin to untangle the sense of self that we are familiar with and open to the possibility of the fullness of Anatta.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2022-02-09 Donald Rothberg and Yassir Chadly in Dialogue on Buddhist and Sufi Perspectives and Practices: A Gathering of Wisdom, Love, and Respect 66:34
Donald Rothberg
Yassir Chadly, a long-time friend of Donald's who is a Sufi teacher, musician, and former Olympic swimmer, originally from Morocco, is in dialogue with Donald, and then, during the last part of the session, with the whole group. We explore Yassir's background, the three main levels of practice in Sufism, practicing in Sufism with what arises in the heart, parallels between Sufi and Buddhist practice, how to make sense of how and why some act negatively in the name of a religion (we discuss Islam and Buddhism), the unity of traditions in their deep mystical expressions, and the need to work together across traditions in our current world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks
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2022-02-09 The Brahmavihara of Compassion 32:25
Dawn Scott
In this guided meditation, we explore the nature of thoughts, opening to their ephemeral, changing, and sensory-influenced nature.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2022-02-08 Vedana and Dependent Origination (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 62:59
Mei Elliott
The 12 links of dependent origination describe how we get caught in suffering. Through exploring 4 key links of dependent origination, we can come to learn how to be free and at ease regardless of how difficult or unpleasant aspects of life may be. By studying the vedana (feeling tone) of our experience we can learn how to break the cycle of suffering without reactivity.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2022-02-07 Dependent Origination - Name & Form (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 63:22
Tuere Sala
Name and Form - Neutral Factors. The framing in which the Buddha saw the lists - his own enlightenment. Discernment of the 7 factors of awakening.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

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